Audio Column by Sukey Howard

<B>Listen up! It's audio month</B> Everything in <B>Everything's Eventual</B>, Stephen King's latest collection of Dark Tales, is truly "eventual" (read "awesome" for this neologism coined by a King character) and shows off everything that makes King the king of eerie suspense and excellently crafted stories that stretch your imagination, then linger...

Audio Column by Sukey Howard

ember sounds good Luckily for audio aficionados, Stephen King gives us special treatment. His latest audio-only is LT's Theory of Pets. Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall in London, Mr. King reads this himself an added extra. To entertain his buddies at work, LT often tells a story. It always starts with the note he found on his refrigerator the day his wife left him. Seems things were...

Audio Column by Sukey Howard

More than mere stocking stuffers, audio cassettes and CDs make very presentable presents. Any of these recently published unabridged titles will give the gift of great listening and hours of entertainment. If you're looking for a BIG audio gift, you're in luck. This season brings us two unabridged winners by the two masters of the fantasy/horror genre the dynamic, undeniably demonic...

Audio Column by Sukey Howard

Quitters Stephen King's latest, Blood and Smoke, three longish short stories, are not only read by their esteemed author, they're available only as an audiobook production. All three star men who have given up the weed, yet cigarettes play a crucial part in each beguilingly inventive tale. King, that consummate conjurer of terror-crazed fear, has put most of the maniacal tricks aside here. The...